By Kortnie Hanson I had a chance to talk for a bit with Mary Beth and find out about her job and hobbies and things. 1) Where were you born?“East St. Louis, Illinois.” And why did you move here? “I went to Mankato State Grad School and ended up getting the job at Minnetonka.” 2) … [Read more…]
By Shaun Johnson I was accused of pulling a fire alarm when I attended Mound Westonka High School. I went to court for this alleged offense on February 24th. There were three supposed witnesses. All three are squeaky clean {record wise} main streamers and, no matter what I do and how good I am, I … [Read more…]
By Molly Latterner and Steve Kopischke On Sunday Feb 8th, Randy met with us at Perkins at about 10:00 am. The group of people chosen to go on this trip out of the eighteen that signed up were: Steve Kopischke, Jon Fairbourne, Shaun Johnson, Jeremy Latcham, Molly Latterner, Aaron Hoerst, Trevor Scott, Hilary Carignan, and … [Read more…]
By Hilary Carignan Joe Juranitch has been a fixture at Minnetonka High School for 11 years. He’s served as a hall monitor, parking lot attendant, weight room supervisor, and most recently, a supervisory paraprofessional in Mini-School. As most people know, Joe is also Ragnar, the mascot for the Minnesota Vikings. This job enables him to … [Read more…]
By Elissa Johnson and La’Kaysa Bollig The Chicago Bulls, if that doesn’t draw your attention, don’t read on. This article pertains to the Bulls and how they are throwing their number-one spot away. Ever since I was born {and I’m sure many others} I have been a basketball fan. The Bulls once were and still … [Read more…]
By Tony Cruikshank and Leah Shoberg Mini-School is considering a new policy. In order to give more students a chance to be in Mini, the staff has to choose some students to drop. In order to aid in the selection the staff thinks that if a student doesn’t earn more than three quarters of a … [Read more…]
By Leah Shoberg Do burnt shoes, charred socks, and rations of a block of cheese and salami ring a bell? That’s right, the 15th annual Grantsbug trip. This year’s victims were Mike Ennis {our fearless veteran}, Tony Kohman, Mike Phelps, Adam Vernes, Dan Voaklander, Gabe Peterson, Kyle Kimrey, Trish Laumann, Aaron Sapp, Tony Cruikshank, Jamie … [Read more…]
By Lacey Landt When you go to the zoo what do you think? Do those animals really look happy to you? No!!! Monkeys, Gorillas, Lions, Tigers, Bears, Wolves, Dolphins, etc. Take dolphins, they live in a small pool, at the zoo. They are from the ocean, a body of water that covers over half the … [Read more…]
By Gabe Peterson Mini-School is a great program to get people motivated for life out of High School. The first day you come into Mini-school it’s kind of shocking because Doug will right away want everybody to know who you are and everything about you. He makes you feel very welcome and at ease. The … [Read more…]
On Wednesday, March 4th, three Mini-School pups, Dustin Olson, Derek Knowles, and Sean Pederson challenged the old geezers, 50-somethings Doug Berg and Randy Nelson to a half-court basketball game. Doug’s and Randy’s third player was La’Kaysa Bollig. The Pups, fired up with enthusiasm, took an early lead. Sean’s knifing drives, Dustin’s outside shooting, and Derek’s … [Read more…]